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What exactly did USCIS ask for?

They asked for my birth certificate, the marriage certificate, and my tax records for the I-864. I was a little paranoid about the I-864 part since I started regular employment in October. I guess I'll just send the same documents that I sent before, as well as my W2 and an explanation that my taxes will be delayed due to my wife's immigration status. 

They also sent the online account letter, so I'll upload them this time. That way they can't misplace anything.

Thanks for the advice.

5 minutes ago, arken said:

You can file 2021 taxes without uscis giving your spouse the GC,

 

Uscis hasn't asked for 2021 tax return docs.

It's more complicated than that. Our marriage was in December, so I have to file as married filing separately. Unfortunately, I have been unable to do this online because turbotax, taxslayer, hr block all won't let me file without her social. I could file as single, but that could upset the USCIS for all I know.

How do you know they don't want 2021 taxes?

I sent them the required tax documents for 2020, 2019, and 2018, and now they are asking for my tax documents again.

Maybe they just lost those documents which is probably what happened to the marriage certificate and birth certificate that I sent, or maybe they want 2021 taxes as well. I have no clue how someone is supposed to know the right answer to this because they don't provide it.

I recently got a request for evidence asking for my recent tax documents as well as other records that I already sent them. I guess I'll just send the documents a second time(or upload them to USCIS.COM) and hope that they accept them. With the taxes, however, I think they want my 2021 taxes since I filed the I-485 on the cusp of tax season. I'd like to file them online so I that I don't have to wait longer to give a copy to the USCIS, but I'm finding e-filing to be impossible when your spouse doesn't have a social security number or IITN. 

TLDR: I need to do my 2021 taxes before the USCIS gives my wife a green card, but I can't do my 2021 taxes because the USCIS hasn't given her a green card.

I just got an RFE requesting a copy of my birth certificate, our marriage certificate, and my most recent taxes. Maybe they wanted the 2021 tax year since I sent the application in early January, shortly before tax season, so I guess that I'll do my taxes and send them along with other copies of the previous tax documents that they already have.  I sent a photocopy of our marriage certificate as well as an original copy just to be safe, and I sent a photocopy of my birth certificate. I guess I'll send another copy of my birth certificate and maybe I should send the original too as long with some sacrificial doves and other copies of the marriage certificate that they already received.

1 hour ago, KyleAaron said:

I got an email saying my case was in transit to Bogota  my NOA2 date was 7/19/2021

Me too. My NOA2 is September 7th 

Thanks for the info. I guess we'll just have to keep waiting.

I came here to figure out embassy interview timeframes and now I'm worried about this 2 dose vaccine requirement that is practically impossible in Colombia. Any updates on that?

Update: My fiancé has already looked into this. Colombia will give her the second shot she just needs to show that she is in the k-1 visa process.

The NVC has given me a case number, but they won't send my case to Bogota because the embassy isn't accepting new cases. I've tried reaching out to the embassy which can only be done by email. They've responded twice and both times they ignored my questions about when they would be accepting new cases, and they said they can't process my case until they receive it from the NVC. It seems like they are trying to pretend that this is a NVC problem even though it is clearly an embassy problem.

Has anyone heard of this before?